Director, Planning & Demand Management

SCM Director 2

Provides direct and indirect supervision to all subordinate managers and employees at a site performing highly specialized roles in several major functions or departments. This includes long-term planning, objective setting, policy formation, interpretation and management while providing latitude and discretion to subordinates. Accountable for projects or programs on a multi-national or global basis. Has overall P&L responsibility for site operations or operational accountability for global business units. Work requires investigating and resolving a wide variety of highly unusual conditions that carry long-term implications. Requires developing new strategies, policies, practices, methods, programs or techniques and utilizing them to analyze and interpret difficult problems or situations and / or establishing new strategic direction that is site or multi-site specific. Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives. Has overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing and maintaining costs, methods and employees in a functional area. Makes final decisions on administrative and operational matters in area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives. Directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers. Assigns objectives, reviews performance and approves employee compensation, coaches for improved performance. Regularly interacts with executives and / or major customers. Interactions normally involve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading other senior level managers. May represent the organization in public speaking venues and / or community events.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following :

• Maintains responsibility for a large site SCM activities or multi-customer activities but may have involvement in other site process and application implementations.
• Provides leadership and direction to multiple departments on structuring processes, layouts, and resources.
• Maintains external contacts to understand best of breed processes to improve costs and logistics offerings.
• Implements structure to meet future customer and process requirements.
• Maintains involvement in day-to-day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, direction on purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications and process changes.
• Provides direction on major projects, such as warehouse software upgrade, Advanced Planning System tool or enhancements.
• Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, human resource activities and company procedures.
• Regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports and also, their employees in some situations.
• Plays leadership role for the broader SCM team including hiring, promotions, and HR practices.
• Has involvement in many cross-functional activities such as formal benchmarking studies; interface with external auditors, and driving actions / improvement across the organization.
• Reviews ISO compliance and SCM business controls. Identify and implement cost reduction activities.
• Has regular communication with the customers related to demand, commitments, non-performing inventory and future process changes / improvements.

Extensive knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes. In-depth knowledge and understanding of supply chain management, distribution methods, and global transportation services and inventory management. Ability to understand the complete supply chain and resolve issues in any area. Good understanding of IT concepts and integrated business applications. Strong knowledge in all areas of import / export, regulatory and logistics management. Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills. Strong communication and presentation skills. Able to resolve complex issues & problems internally and externally. Significant skills required in multi-tasking and time management. Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of managers and employees. Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers. Ability to maintain external contacts with consultants, association and other companies for benchmarking and networking. Able to work effectively cross-functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives.

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment. Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required. Up to 25-5-% international travel may be required.

Twelve plus years of relevant experience. Bachelor's degree in related field (Business or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational requirements may vary by geography. Salary Range : $190k-$215k Annually.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Celestica is an E-Verify employer. This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast.

Celestica (NYSE, TSX : CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.